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IT Weekly Roundup, March 11
From the business wires this week: .NET developer tools, a network monitor for terminal and Linux servers, and a PCI card that helps detect and prevent network intrusion.
Versant Corporation announced shipment of
Open
Access .NET. The developer toolset integrates with Microsoft Visual Studio
.NET 2003, the .NET framework and Microsoft SQL Server 2000, providing users with
mapping tools that effectively link business objects to a database. Pricing is
$995 per developer, with no deployment fees. A special introductory price of $495
is available until April 30.
http://www.versant.com
Do more with Microsoft Outlook with the latest version of Bells
& Whistles. Version 2.5, from DS Development,
offers users personalized reply greetings, text templates and reply-to-all monitoring.
A download version costs $19.95. Site licenses are available. http://www.emailaddressmanager.com
GFI Network Server Monitor 6 allows networks admins
to monitor terminal servers—through a complete login (as opposed to relying
on generated events)—as well as Linux servers. The admin tool’s
interface has been completely redesigned and reprogrammed in .NET. Pricing begins
at $499 per 10 servers. http://www.gfi.com/nsm
SafeBoot Device Encryption, from Control
Break International, now supports IBM’s Rescue and Recovery with
Rapid Restore with version 4.2. http://www.safeboot.com
Metanetworks Technologies, Inc. released the MTP-10G,
a wire-speed network intrusion detection and prevention system (IDPS). The MTP-10G
features two 10-gigabit ports on a 64-bit, 66MHz PCI card, and supports open-source
network security and monitoring applications. http://www.metanetworks.org
A site for new and used parts for brand-name laptops, servers and printers
has re-launched with more advanced search functionality. SparePartsWarehouse.com
sells and repairs products by IBM, Compaq, HP, Xerox, Lexmark, Okidata, Sony
and Toshiba. http://www.sparepartswarehouse.com